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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

725 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2001



AT 720 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...OVER NORTHAMPTON 

AND HERTFORD COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING 

SOUTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN BERTIE COUNTY 

AROUND 745 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE HALF 

TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS 

AND STORMS. TOWN AND CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED 

INCLUDE...AULANDER...CONNARISTSA...BUENA VISTA...AND ASKEWVILLE.  



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN 

AND NEAR THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



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FOSTER

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LAT...LON 3652 7732 3642 7750 3600 7706 3617 7683

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